‘Torch Song’ on Broadway: Gay life in the ’80s.

November 2, 2018 compassq 5 THINGS TO KNOW, A & E, ENTERTAINMENT Comments Off on ‘Torch Song’ on Broadway: Gay life in the ’80s.
Mother and gay son: Mercedes Ruehl and Michael Urie (Matthew Murphy)

For some younger audience members inside the Helen Hayes Theatre, Harvey Fierstein’s “Torch Song” must seem like a weird relic from another time — a 1982 experience, meaning a trip back to when you couldn’t trust your lover…